New residency rule would avoid Appleton moving fees

2:35 PM,
May 18, 2013

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Gov. Scott Walker wants to prohibit municipalities in Wisconsin from imposing residency requirements on its workers, and the ban took a step toward becoming law last week.

Appleton officials are watching the proposal closely after the dust-up over its new information technology director, Dean Fox. The city is set to pay Fox more than $20,000 in relocation fees to move less than 10 miles into city limits.

"If it gets signed into law, we included that as a provision so the city wouldn't pay for the pack and move," said Sandy Behnke, Appleton's human resources director. "We'd also have to update ...